Hope

Larry and Lucille Sherman begin their life together full of confidence and with hope for a bright future. Larry struggles with unsatisfying jobs, and they both grow tired of the press and rush of big city life. As they search for a way to get their lives on the right track, they face disappointments and tragedies that pull at the very fabric of their love for each other. Even when they find the perfect place to live and at last experience the joy of two beautiful children, their ideal world cannot be sustained. Death and alcohol addiction are the faces of monsters too powerful for their marriage to survive. When Larry's drinking spirals out of control, Lucille forces him into a rehab facility. There, Larry and his friend Ludy bemoan their fate. As Larry recounts stories of the good times and struggles in his life, he decides that he needs and wants to be forgiven and to go home again. Thwarted escape plans and illness cannot keep him from at last recognizing some ray of hope for the future.